{"id":38636,"date":"2016-05-26T23:42:43","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T03:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=38636"},"modified":"2018-12-08T22:08:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T03:08:38","slug":"new-releases-may-27-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/26\/new-releases-may-27-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"New Releases: May 27, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-38637\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/new-releases-xmen-apocalypse-poster-229x339.jpg\" alt=\"new releases xmen apocalypse poster\" width=\"229\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/new-releases-xmen-apocalypse-poster-229x339.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/new-releases-xmen-apocalypse-poster.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. X-Men: Apocalypse (Fox, 4,148 Theaters, 144 Minutes, Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, action and destruction, brief strong language and some suggestive images, Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer at press time: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/x_men_apocalypse\/\">47% Fresh <\/a>[192 Reviews]): <\/strong>I think Fox is getting a bit more savvy. The released the embargo on reviews for this film three weeks ago, and critics such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/09\/review-x-men-apocalypse\/\">our own Rich Drees <\/a>greeted it with lukewarm reviews. But now, those reviews are so long ago that they are almost forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>The film makes light of the &#8220;Rule of Three&#8221; when it comes to films, that the third film of any trilogy is always the worst. I&#8217;d like to add a corollary to that. If it is a comic book film and it adds a villain who was popular in the 1990s, then it will also be disappointing at best. Bane in <strong>Batman &amp; Robin <\/strong>and <strong>The Dark Knight Rises<\/strong>. Venom in <strong>Spider-Man 3<\/strong>. Apocalypse here. See a trend?<\/p>\n<p>In this film, the ancient Apocalypse (Oscar Issac) awakens and attempts to destroy all of humanity. It is up to the X-Men, new and old, to try and stop him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"outer-embed-ta\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-ta\" src=\"\/\/v.traileraddict.com\/108286\" width=\"675\" height=\"380\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-38638\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/New-Releases-Alice-Through-The-Looking-Glass-229x339.jpg\" alt=\"New Releases Alice Through The Looking Glass\" width=\"229\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/New-Releases-Alice-Through-The-Looking-Glass-229x339.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/New-Releases-Alice-Through-The-Looking-Glass.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><strong>2. Alice: Through the Looking Glass (Disney, 3,763 Theaters, 113 Minutes, Rated PG for fantasy action\/peril and some language, <b>Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer at press time: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/alice_in_wonderland_through_the_looking_glass\/\">28% Fresh <\/a>[112 Reviews]):\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>This is the major proof that Disney&#8217;s live-action reboots of their animated fare is successful, the line gets its first sequel.<\/p>\n<p>This time, Alice (Mia Wasikowska)\u00a0returns to Wonderland to save the Mad Hatter&#8217;s (Johnny Depp) family. The rescue involves Alice traveling through time and dealing once again with the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter).<\/p>\n<p>Practically everyone from the first film has return except the most important one&#8211;director Tim Burton. James Bobin takes over the reins this time around. Will he be as perfect a fit for the subject matter as Burton was?<\/p>\n<div class=\"outer-embed-ta\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-ta\" src=\"\/\/v.traileraddict.com\/106974\" width=\"675\" height=\"380\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Two big new releases open this week, but they have little good reviews between them. <\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/26\/new-releases-may-27-2016\/\" title=\"New Releases: May 27, 2016\">[click for more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":38639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[106,84],"tags":[8298,1736,2467,333,679,8297,677,6886],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-38636","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-comicsandfilm","8":"category-news","9":"tag-alice-through-the-looking-glass","10":"tag-helena-bonham-carter","11":"tag-james-bobin","12":"tag-johnny-depp","13":"tag-mia-wasikowska","14":"tag-oscar-issac","15":"tag-tim-burton","16":"tag-x-men-apocalypse"},"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[2,4],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38636"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=38636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}